Investigation underway after coach posts video from cockpit

Authorities are investigating how a former Giants coach, now on the Colorado Rockies' staff, made his way into the cockpit during a team charter flight from Denver to Toronto this month, according to published reports.

Hensley Meulens, the Giants' hitting coach during their run to three World Series championships a decade ago, brought attention to the situation when he posted a video on social media this week that appeared to show him sitting in one of the two pilot seats during the United Airlines flight on April 10.

The video, which went viral, has been deleted.

The Federal Aviation Administration and United Airlines are investigating how Meulens got into the cockpit, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Pro football

GABRIEL, AP MVP IN 1969, DIES AT 83 >> Roman Gabriel, the former North Carolina State quarterback who was the 1969 NFL MVP with

the Los Angeles Rams, died Saturday. He was 83.

Gabriel was the No. 2 overall NFL draft pick of the Rams, where he played from 1962-72 before playing with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1973-77.

Track

DUPLANTIS SETS A POLE VAULT WORLD RECORD >>

Armand Duplantis broke his own world record in the pole vault when he cleared

6.24 meters at the seasonopening Diamond League meet in China.

The Olympic and twotime world champion set a world record for the eighth time in his career as he surpassed the mark of 6.23 he set last September at the Diamond League meet in Eugene, Oregon.

Golf

SCHEFFLER POSTS A 63 AND LEADS BY 1 >> Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was relentless as ever with another bogey-free round at the RBC Heritage, an 8-under 63 that gave him a oneshot lead and left him one round from joining some rare company.

Not since Bernhard Langer in 1985 has a Masters champion won the following week on the PGA Tour at Harbour Town.

Scheffler was at 16-under 197. Sepp Straka made a 15foot birdie putt on the last hole for a 65 to get within one shot.

Tennis

TWO-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION MUGURUZA RETIRES >>

Twotime major champion Garbiñe Muguruza announced she's retiring from professional tennis at age 30 after an extended time away from the court.

Muguruza beat Serena Williams in the 2016 French Open final and Venus Williams in the 2017 Wimbledon final, making her the only player to defeat each Williams sister in a Grand Slam title match.

The Spanish player earned 10 career titles.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, FILE Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel, right, is hit by a host of Cowboys as the ball heads for the sidelines during a 1970 NFL playoff game in Miami, Fla. Gabriel, who was the 1969 MVP with the Rams, died Saturday. He was 83.